The forces of the Fire Department in Rethymnon and Patras remain on alert to deal with the flare-ups
The picture of the big fires raging in Rethymno and Kallithea of Achaia is better, according to the latest update from the Fire Department, on Sunday morning.
Although the fires are still ongoing, at Rethimno during the night there were scattered flare-ups, which were dealt with by the fire brigade, without creating any problem in a residential part.
The picture has also improved in the forest fire, which broke out yesterday at noon in Kallithea, Patras and then passed to the municipality of Erymanthos.
With the first light of day, two firefighting planes and a helicopter started dropping water.
At the same time, the powerful ground firefighting forces, consisting of 118 firefighters, with six groups of pedestrian units and 35 vehicles, continue their work throughout the night in order to contain the fire and keep it away from residential areas .
According to the daily fire risk forecast map, a large part of Achaia is currently in the high risk category.
Meanwhile, a fire broke out on Sunday morning in an agroforestry area in the area Agios Nikolaos Megaron Attica.
The fire is burning low vegetation and is close to a small settlement.
24 firefighters with 11 vehicles were immediately mobilized.
#Fire in an agroforestry area in the area of Agios Nikolaos Megaron Attica. 24 were immediately mobilized #firefighters with 11 vehicles.
— Fire Department (@pyrosvestiki) July 17, 2022
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